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réjean 265

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Hi everyone! It has been a long time since I have posted. I have been reading some threads once in a while however.
I am running Ubuntu and I have purchase a wireless set of headphone thinking that I could use bluetooth to connect but I am having some difficulties installing it.Here is what I get when I try Synaptic;

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Hedon James
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Hedon James
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you can't use apt or apt-get if synaptic is open. synaptic runs with root privileges and "locks" the dpkg installer. close synaptic and use the terminal. It's been awhile since I set up bluetooth on mine (Lubuntu 16.04) but I can't imagine it changed much. This all looks familiar:

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réjean 265

réjean
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Thanks James. I thought I had closed Synaptic but maybe I hadn't. Anyway. I rebooted into Kubuntu 18.10 (not Ubuntu) and I am following the tutorial you suggested but I have problems;

rejean@rejean-G41MT-S2P:~$ sudo apt-get install bluetooth bluez bluez-tools rfkill
[sudo] password for rejean:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
bluez is already the newest version (5.50-0ubuntu1).
bluez set to manually installed.
rfkill is already the newest version (2.32-0.1ubuntu2).
rfkill set to manually installed.
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gstreamer1.0-clutter-3.0 : Depends: libclutter-1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0) but it is not going to
be installed
intltool-debian : Depends: gettext
libclutter-gst-3.0-0 : Depends: libclutter-1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0) but it is not going to be
installed
Depends: libcogl20 (>= 1.17.4) but it is not going to be install
ed
libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 : Depends: libclutter-1.0-0 (>= 1.23.7) but it is not going to be
installed
Depends: libcogl20 (>= 1.17.4) but it is not going to be install
ed
libemail-valid-perl : Depends: libnet-dns-perl but it is not going to be installed
libgdata22 : Depends: libgoa-1.0-0b (>= 3.7.90) but it is not going to be installed
python3-pymacaroons : Depends: python3-nacl (>= 1.1.2) but it is not going to be instal
led
python3-rfc3339 : Depends: python3-tz but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a sol
ution).rejean@rejean-G41MT-S2P:~$

apt-get is a command line interface for retrieval of packages
and information about them from authenticated sources and
for installation, upgrade and removal of packages together
with their dependencies.

See apt-get(8) for more information about the available commands.
Configuration options and syntax is detailed in apt.conf(5).
Information about how to configure sources can be found in sources.list(5).
Package and version choices can be expressed via apt_preferences(5).
Security details are available in apt-secure(8).
This APT has Super Cow Powers.rejean@rejean-G41MT-S2P:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-security InRelease
Ign:2 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic InRelease
Err:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-security Release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Ign:4 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-updates InRelease
Ign:5 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-backports InRelease
Hit:6 https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com cosmic InRelease
Err:7 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic Release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.26 80]
Err:8 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-updates Release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.26 80]
Err:9 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-backports Release
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.26 80]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-security Release' no longer
has a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by
default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository 'http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic Release' no longer has a R
elease file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by
default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository 'http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-updates Release' no longer
has a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by
default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository 'http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-backports Release' no long
er has a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by
default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.rejean@rejean-G41MT-S2P:~$

In the meantime I have another machine which is running Ubuntu and seems to have bluetooth installed. I'll see if I can get it working.

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securitybreach 10,863

securitybreach
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Well you are getting all of the 404 errors as that directory is no longer on the mirror that you are using. If you navigate to http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ you will see that Cosmic is no longer there. Even under dists, you go from Bionic to Disco

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Hedon James
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Hedon James
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18.10 Cosmic Clutter went out of support on July 2019 (found here) and that is probably why you are having issues.

correct. at this point, he can only upgrade to 19.04 (also an interim release and out of 9-month support windows) and then 19.10. At this point, I'd simply re-install and choose a 20.04 beta. it's nearly finished.

and future reference, I'd stick to 'buntu LTS releases only....easily identified as even numbered years AND ending in .04....currently 20.04 for April 2020 LTS. LTS versions have 5 year support windows, so you only have to upgrade about every 2 years. Those in-between versions (odd numbers and/or ending in *.10) are only supported for 9 months, so to stay current you MUST upgrade every 6 months to stay within the support cycle. FWIW...